Car journal-box



Patented Feb. 8,1921.

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-CAR JOURNAL BOX.

APPLICATION men nov. n. 1918.

UNITED stares I PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS J. HOLMES, O1? CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GAR JOURNAL-BOX.

A l q 0 1,3) 7, will. opecn Application filed November 11, 1918.

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Be it known that l, THOMAS J. HOLMES, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of lllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car Journal-Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to car journal boxes, and has for its principal object the provision oi 'a journal box in which oil and waste may be used in the usual way, as in case of en'lergency, and in which a removable form of lubricating device may be employed, such, for instance, as shown in my United States Letters Patent Number 1,230,299 of June 19, 1917 and Number 1,253,036 of January 8, 1918, and in my copending application Serial Number 227,006 filed April 6, 1918, to which the device in this application is similar.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a fragmentary medial vertical section of my improved box in preferred form; Fig. 2 is a front face view of the same; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary horizontal section of the same, as on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. l is a perspective of the sliding door or closure; and F 5 is a medial vertical section of a modified form of box reproduced from my said copending application.

Referring to Figs. 1 to a inclusive, the box is shown as having a top Wall 10, side walls 11, and a hinged door 12 or" ordinary construction. The bottom wall 13 terminates at l l and there is thus provided an opening in the lower front of the box at 15 (Fig. 2} extending from the bottom wall at 14 to the bottom of the main door 12. This opening 15 is defined at its sides by the ribs or extensions 16, integral with the side walls 11, which cooperate with the ribs 17. also integral with the side walls. in forming a channel 18 at each side wall for receiving the edge portions 19 of the sliding platelike closure 20. The ribs 17 are preferably so arranged as to have the channels 18 some what widened at the top, as shown, so that the closure 20 may be the more readily inserted and removed, particularly in view of the curvature of the closure. Throughout the lower portion of the channel 18 the closure fits just loosely enough to admit of.

its ready insertion and removal.

The ribs 16 merge 1nto the bottom wall at 1 1 and the bottom wall acts as a guide motion of Letters Patent.

.ltatented Feb. 8, 1921.

Serial No. 262,023.

and support for the closure 20 from its forward edge at 14 to the stop 22. This stop 22 is an integral ridge extending across the bottom 18 and the ribs 1? merge into this stop.

From Fig. l it will be clearly seen that the closure 20 is thickened throughout its middle portion with an integral rectangular projecting part 23. The width of this part 23 is the same as that of the opening 15 and it extends upward from the bottom at 14, when in operative position, to the transverse lip It makes a substantially tight joint at the edge 14: and at the inner or mutually facing surfaces of the ribs 16 and at the same time fills the space between the ribs 16 so that the part 23 is flush with the outer surfaces of these ribs and presents a good appearance as well as avoids corners likely to become filled with dirt.

l: have found that when a fairly thick grease is inserted in the ways 18 and upon the bottom wall forward of the stop 22 so tight a joint is provided at the sides and bottom of the closure 20 when in operative position that the box will hold oil and even water without leakage. A box so constructed is therefore suitable for use in the usual way where cotton waste saturated with oil is packed therein. An important use of such boxes, however, is in connection with removable lubricating devices, such, for instance. as are shown in my said patents and copending application, it being only necessary to open the main door 12 and remove slidably the closure 20 to open the present form of box for the insertion and removal of such a lubricating device. Where the box is constructed for both uses indicated, the failure of the lubricating device to act, due for instance to a lack at the particular place of the particular kind of grease required, the lubricating device may simply be removed and waste and oil inserted in the box in the well known way. \Vhen the closure 20 is in operative position it is held by the door 12 having the lip 26.

In my practice the box walls and the closure 20 are made of cast gray iron.

In the device of Fig. 5 the vertical door 30 extends from side to side of the box and is hinged at 31 at each side. The clearance at 32 in the bottom wall enables the door 30 to lie flush with the bottom when it is moved into horizontal position. A lock 33 prevents the unauthorized removalof such an automaticlubricating device as is hereinabove referred to. Any suitable form of locking device may be employed for this purpose in either form of device shown.

I contemplate also various modifications of the illustrated devices within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A railway car journal box having a rear wall, side walls and a bottom wall providing a front opening, a door for said opening, and a slidably mounted plate-like a door in the lower front portion of said box overlapping a portion of the bottom wall and mounted in upwardly and downwardly directed guides in the side walls to form with the rear, side, and bottom walls a pocket for a lubricating device.

2. A railway car journal box having side 1 ,eemao walls, a front wall, and a bottom wall providing an upper front opening, a door for said opening, the front wall being below said opening and extending to the bottom wall, the side walls having oppositely disposed, downwardly extending guides which have surfaces facing each other adjacent to the front wall, the front wall contacting said guides on their facing surfaces respectivelyand also on surfaces on the guides resp'ectively substantially at right angles to said facing surfaces and being readily removably TflOdIitfid. in said guides, the front wall extending over a portion of the bottom wall and closely adjacent thereto, and a stop limiting the downward movement of said front Wall.

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